So my end goal for a while, practise wise, has been to have my guitar, synth, drum machine and (maybe) my iPad all going at once as a song writing tool. Unfortunately playing any of them out loud isn't really an option, so I'm strictly limited to headphones. I did buy an audio interface with a couple of inputs and a headphone out, but having to boot up the laptop every time I want to practise is a pain.
I'm looking at getting one of Behringer Xenyx mixers, which are pretty cheap, have a headphone output and get good reviews. Which once would allow 4 inputs playing without anything blowing up and/or catching fire? Does the Xenyx 802 have enough inputs for these?
Apologies if this is a really simple answer. I have genuinely tried to Google it but apparently not many people want to mix guitars and synths when playing at home.
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You could have 4 sources in total running at once- two stereo and two mono.
Or you could have 4 mono, using just one side of the stereo inputs.
You could also use the Aux return for another stereo input if you wanted to.
Frankly I think there are better products out there than this.
Behringer essentially ripped off the Mackie Onyx series (even the name is vaguely similar) and Mackie are generally much hardier than Behringer, but of course they cost more.
The Mackie 802VLZ4 is a better product with slightly more input channels but a batter build quality.
It is £150 odd.
I have a couple of larger Mackie mixers in the studio that I use for synth submixers and signal routers.
They are built like tanks and have never given me any trouble.
But the mixer will do what you want.
One word of caution, always try to buy a mixer with more channels than you currently use.
If you need 4 channels now then buy an 8 channel mixer.
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I think it's probably unusual, but all of my gear will be mono output. I'm using a Joyo American Sound as an amp sim, which only has one output, and my Korg Minilogue, Volca Beats and iPad are all mono out.
This is what I worry about as well i.e cheaping out in the short term vs. just biting the bullet and getting something better initially.
Thanks for the help guys, appreciate it.
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